Marguerite of France, Queen of England

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Birth: Between Jan 8 1279 and Jan 7 1280 - France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France

Death: Feb 22 1316 - Marlborough, Wiltshire, England

Husband: Edward I " Longshanks" Plantagenet King of England

Children: Eleanor Plantagenet, Edmund Woodstock Kent Plantagenent, Thomas Plantagenet

Eleanor was born in Castile, now Spain, daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile and Joan, Countess of Ponthieu. Both the court of her father and her half-brother Alfonso X of Castile were known for its literary atmosphere. Growing up in such an environment probably influenced her later literary activities as queen. The young couple married at the monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos on 1 November 1254. Edward and Eleanor were second cousins once removed, as Eleanor's great-grandmother Eleanor of England was a daughter of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Arranged royal marriages in the Middle Ages were not always happy, but available evidence indicates that Eleanor and Edward were devoted to each other. Edward is among the few medieval English kings not known to have conducted extramarital affairs or fathered children out of wedlock. The couple were rarely apart; she accompanied him on military campaigns in Wales, famously giving birth to their son Edward on 25 April 1284 in a temporary dwelling erected for her amid the construction of Caernarfon Castle. Edward followed her body to burial in Westminster Abbey, and erected memorial crosses at the site of each overnight stop between Lincoln and Westminster. Based on crosses in France marking Louis IX's funeral procession, these artistically significant monuments enhanced the image of Edward's kingship as well as witnessing his grief. The best preserved is that at Geddington.That Edward remained single until he wed Marguerite of France in 1299 is often cited to prove he cherished Eleanor's memory.

The death of Edward's beloved first wife, Eleanor of Castile, at the age of 49 in 1290, left him reeling in grief. However, it was much to Edward's benefit to make peace with France to free him to pursue his wars in Scotland. Additionally, with only one surviving son, Edward was anxious to protect the English throne with additional heirs. In summer of 1291, the English king had betrothed his son and heir, Edward, to Blanche of France in order to achieve peace with France. However, hearing of her renowned beauty, Edward decided to have his son's bride for his own and sent emissaries to France. Philip agreed to give Blanche to Edward on the following conditions: that a truce would be concluded between the two countries and that Edward would give up the province of Gascony. Edward agreed to the conditions and sent his brother Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, to fetch the new bride. Edward had been deceived, for Blanche was to be married to Rudolph III of Habsburg, the eldest son of King Albert I of Germany. Instead, Philip offered her younger sister Margaret to marry Edward (then 55). Upon hearing this, Edward declared war on France, refusing to marry Margaret. After five years, a truce was agreed upon under the influence of Pope Boniface VIII. A series of treaties in the first half of 1299 provided terms for a double marriage: Edward I would marry Margaret and his son would marry Isabella of France, Philip's youngest surviving child. Additionally, the English monarchy would regain the key city of Guienne and receive £15,000 owed to Margaret as well as the return of Eleanor of Castile's lands in Ponthieu and Montreuil as a dower first for Margaret, and then Isabella of France.[3]

• Marguerite de France (1279-1317)
• Born 1279
• Died 14 February 1317 Marlborough Castle
• Married September 1299 Canterbury Cathedral
• Edward I "Longshanks"
• King of England 1272-1307
• Born 17 June 1239 Westminster Palace
• Died 7 July 1307 Burgh on the Sands nr.Carlisle

For political reasons Edward I agreed to remarry. At first Blanche

         of France was the candidate, but for unknown reasons she was replaced 

         by her younger sister, Margaret. Margaret was about twenty years old 

         when she married the sixty-year-old widower and was the first English 

         queen since the conquest not to be consecrated and crowned. This 

         marriage seems to have been happy enough as two sons and a daughter 

         were born. However, only the two sons survived into adulthood. 

After Edward I's death, Margaret remained on good terms with the

         new king Edward II, her stepson. In January 1308 she accompanied him 

         to France where he married Margaret's niece, Isabella of France. After

         this marriage she went to live at Marlborough Castle where she died in

         1317. www.celtic-casimir.com

Princess Marguerite Hardi CAPET of Castile Born: 1279, Paris, France Married: 8 Sep 1299, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England Died: 14 Feb 1316-1317, Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, England Buried: Grey Friars, Church, London, England

Cause of her death was Natural causes. Another name for Marguerite was Marguerite LE HARDI.

Marriage Information: Marguerite married Edward I "Atheling" PLANTAGENET King of England, son of Henry III PLANTAGENET King of England and Eléanor BÉRENGAR Comtesse de Provence, on 8 Sep 1299 in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England (Edward I "Atheling" PLANTAGENET King of England was born on 17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, England 1056, christened on 21 Jun 1239 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, died on 7 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-Sands, Northumberland 1056, and was buried on 28 Oct 1307 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.)

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Marguerite de France Birth 1279 Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France Death 14 Feb 1318 (aged 38\'9639) Marlborough, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England Burial Grey Friars London London, City of London, Greater London, England Memorial ID 8333258

British Monarch. Queen consort of King Edward I "Longshanks". Daughter of Philip III the Bold of France and Mary of Brabant. Married Edward I in 1290 as his second queen. The marriage was an affectionate one, and the couple had 3 children, Thomas, Edmund, and Eleanor. Bio by: Kristen Conrad

Family Members Parents

Philippe III of France 1245\'961285

Marie de Brabant 1256\'961321 Spouse

Edward I 1239\'961307 Siblings

Louis d'Evreux 1276\'961319

Blanche de France 1285\'961305 Half Siblings

Louis de France 1265\'961276

Philippe IV of France 1268\'961314

Robert de France 1269\'961276

Charles of Valois 1270\'961325 (m. 1290) Children

Thomas Plantagenet of Brotherton 1300\'961338

Edmund Plantagenet of Woodstock 1301\'961330

Eleanor Plantagenet 1306\'961311

Source: Leo van de Pas [http://brigittegastelancestry.com/royal/bio/margueritefrancebio1279...]